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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5151644, member: 75937"]Several Roman provincial cities in Asia minor used the same obverse dies for their coins or their dies were so similar as to have been the product of the same die-engraver. The standard work to explain this phenomenon has been Konrad Kraft's <i>Das System der kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung in Kleinasien</i> (Berlin, 1972). Kraft proposed a system of traveling workshops to explain the similarities. For example, he considered this coin of Laodicea ad Lycum in Phrygia to have been a product of a traveling workshop he called the "Sardis Workshop."</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-laodicea-ad-lycum-jpg.1206360/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 25 mm, 7.7 g.</p><p>Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop,[5] AD 244-247.</p><p>Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front.</p><p>Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777" rel="nofollow">20777</a>; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678. </p><p><br /></p><p>Note, for example, the similarity in artistic style, the subject matter of the reverse types, and fabric between the coins of Antioch in Pisidia and those of Parlais:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-parlais-men-standing-right-jpg.1170287/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 21.3 mm, 5.15 g, 7 h.</p><p>Pisidia, Parlais, AD 193-196?</p><p>Obv: IVLIA-DOMNA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: IVL AVG C-OL PARLAIS, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, left foot on bucranium, holding spear and pinecone; behind his shoulders, crescent.</p><p>Refs: BMC 21.11, 3; SNG von Aulock 5137 (same obv. die).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-antioch-in-pisidia-jpg.1147561/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 22.4 mm, 5.76 g, 5 h.</p><p>Pisidia, Antioch, AD 196-211.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ANTIOCH GE-NI COL CAES, Genius of Antioch wearing kalathos or modius on head, standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: BMC 19.181, 34-36; SNG BnF 1126-31; Lindgren I, 1211.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-antioch-in-pisidia-men-jpg.1147537/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h.</p><p>Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear.</p><p>Rev: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing r., on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., rooster standing, l.</p><p>Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431" rel="nofollow">3431</a>); Krzyżanowska XXII/94; BMC xix.187, 70.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there are other explanations for these similarities than a system of traveling workshops. There could have been a central common mint to which cities contracted their minting needs. Dies could have been lent or sold from one city to another, and so on. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/store/watson/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/store/watson/" rel="nofollow">This new work</a>, <i>Connections, Communities, and Coinage: The System of Coin Production in Southern Asia Minor, AD 218–276</i>, by George Watson, is reviewed <a href="https://coinsweekly.com/moving-mints/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/moving-mints/" rel="nofollow">here</a> in Coins Weekly and refutes Kraft's arguments. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208658[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The book sounds like a worthwhile acquisition for numismatists interested in the Roman provincial coins of Asia Minor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5151644, member: 75937"]Several Roman provincial cities in Asia minor used the same obverse dies for their coins or their dies were so similar as to have been the product of the same die-engraver. The standard work to explain this phenomenon has been Konrad Kraft's [I]Das System der kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung in Kleinasien[/I] (Berlin, 1972). Kraft proposed a system of traveling workshops to explain the similarities. For example, he considered this coin of Laodicea ad Lycum in Phrygia to have been a product of a traveling workshop he called the "Sardis Workshop." [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-laodicea-ad-lycum-jpg.1206360/[/IMG] Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247. Roman provincial Æ 25 mm, 7.7 g. Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop,[5] AD 244-247. Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front. Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other. Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777']20777[/URL]; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678. Note, for example, the similarity in artistic style, the subject matter of the reverse types, and fabric between the coins of Antioch in Pisidia and those of Parlais: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-parlais-men-standing-right-jpg.1170287/[/IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman provincial Æ 21.3 mm, 5.15 g, 7 h. Pisidia, Parlais, AD 193-196? Obv: IVLIA-DOMNA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: IVL AVG C-OL PARLAIS, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, left foot on bucranium, holding spear and pinecone; behind his shoulders, crescent. Refs: BMC 21.11, 3; SNG von Aulock 5137 (same obv. die). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-antioch-in-pisidia-jpg.1147561/[/IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman provincial Æ 22.4 mm, 5.76 g, 5 h. Pisidia, Antioch, AD 196-211. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ANTIOCH GE-NI COL CAES, Genius of Antioch wearing kalathos or modius on head, standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae. Refs: BMC 19.181, 34-36; SNG BnF 1126-31; Lindgren I, 1211. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-antioch-in-pisidia-men-jpg.1147537/[/IMG] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h. Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear. Rev: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing r., on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., rooster standing, l. Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431']3431[/URL]); Krzyżanowska XXII/94; BMC xix.187, 70. However, there are other explanations for these similarities than a system of traveling workshops. There could have been a central common mint to which cities contracted their minting needs. Dies could have been lent or sold from one city to another, and so on. [URL='http://numismatics.org/store/watson/']This new work[/URL], [I]Connections, Communities, and Coinage: The System of Coin Production in Southern Asia Minor, AD 218–276[/I], by George Watson, is reviewed [URL='https://coinsweekly.com/moving-mints/']here[/URL] in Coins Weekly and refutes Kraft's arguments. [ATTACH=full]1208658[/ATTACH] The book sounds like a worthwhile acquisition for numismatists interested in the Roman provincial coins of Asia Minor.[/QUOTE]
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